Yejun

  • Job Title

    Accountant
  • Company

    124
  • Country

    China
  • Subject Studied

    Business
  • University

    University of Bristol
  • Job Sector

    Business, Accounting & Finance

What key advice would you give to current students from China who would like to get into a similar job to you?

-Study hard. If you are interested in what you study at the universities and plan to work in the relevant industries after graduation. You need to work as hard as you can and try to understand as much as you can in the relevant courses
-If possible, try to attend more internships. Even though, your internships are not related to the job which you apply for. The employer always consider your experience as a very important factor.
-Be honest and genuine at interview. In fact, the employer does not expect you to know everything. They rather test your attitude and personality.
 

Please give a brief description of your job and what it involves.

I am doing the general accounting entries for the company and prepare the manifold financial statements.  I also deal with some tax assignments.

Why do you think you got this job? (e.g. what skills/knowledge/experience did you have)

My degree definitely suits for the work I am currently doing. The three-year studies in accounting gave me a good understanding of the accounting job. Apart from this, I performed well in the interview when I was given the open questions. I gave some constructive suggestions for the scenarios, which was appreciated by the employer. for the questions which I was not sure, I was very honest to tell the interviewers and tried to show my personal understanding although it is limited.

Please feel free to add anything else that you think would be useful to other current students and graduates.

Sometimes, the reality is much crueler than your expectation. You need to adapt to the pace of life in China, no matter how long have you been stayed in the UK. There is no way to avoid the competition; you can only make yourself to win the competition through your effort. Fluent English gives an advantage. Although, you might not need to use English to communicate in your work, the employer takes your English level as a kind of expression of your ability. Thus, keep practicing your English.

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